Overview
Zhang Gang was an Engineer and Military Officer.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 409 to AD 410 廣固之圍Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passages 200-201
- AD 410 義熙六年Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passages 241, 243
- AD 409 超又奔還廣固,徙郭內人入保小城,使其尚書郎張綱乞師于姚興。Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passage 181
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Zhang Gang (張綱母)mother 母Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 243
Career and standing
- siege-engine maker 攻具者Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passages 200, 241
- Ministerial Secretary 尚書郎HeldDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 181
- DefectedDefectionDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 201
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation Defected toDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 201
- Polity Southern Yan 南燕 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passages 181, 200-201
- At Chang’an 長安 · Relation Returned fromDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 201
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode ordered-by Source Person Id Liu Yu (劉裕)Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 202
Events and relationships
- Begged troopsDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 181
- Built siege enginesDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passages 241-242
- Circled wall and shoutedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 202
- Fled to YuDirectly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 201
References in the histories
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